Manafort briefs Kilimnik on campaign strategy and discusses a Ukraine peace plan
Reporting and findings
- documented
At New York's Grand Havana Room, Manafort briefed Kilimnik on Trump campaign strategy and battleground polling, discussed money Manafort believed he was owed, and heard a Ukraine peace plan requiring Trump's future support. The Mueller report said the peace-plan discussion and data purpose remained partly unresolved and did not establish campaign coordination with the Russian government; the Senate later assessed the access as a grave security threat.
- U.S. Department of Justice, Special Counsel's Office: Report On The Investigation Into Russian Interference In The 2016 Presidential ElectionVolume I, pages 134–141: August 2 meeting, polling, peace plan, debts, and evidentiary limits
- U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence: Russian Active Measures Campaigns and Interference in the 2016 U.S. Election, Volume 5Manafort section, pages 28–149: meeting reconstruction and counterintelligence assessment
Summary and current status
The August 2 meeting combined sensitive battleground polling, campaign strategy, debts, and a plan that could benefit Russia through sanctions relief.
Meeting documented; special counsel did not establish an election-coordination agreement
People and organizations
- Donald J. TrumpDonald Trump network root
- Paul ManafortTrump 2016 campaign chairman
- Konstantin Kilimnikmeeting participant and campaign-data recipient
Relationships in this file
- Donald J. Trump2016 campaign chairmanPaul Manafort